ICSPP ~ for Empathic Human Sciences and Services

Peter R. Breggin, MD is no longer affiliated with the Center for the Study of Psychiatry, informally known as International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology, which he founded and led from 1972-2002, and Dr. Breggin will no longer be involved in its conferences.

Now Dr. Peter Breggin and his wife, Ginger Breggin are forming a new reform organization to carry forward this reform work by putting the focus back on the individual and not the diagnosis or the drug. We have dual purposes: 1. To carry forward and expand the 40 years of biopsychiatric reform that Dr. Breggin has so brilliantly spearheaded. And 2. To encourage and inspire humane and ethical social services and therapies that assist individuals and families toward better and more successful lives without the harmful effects of biopsychiatric interventions.

Most psychiatric drugs can cause withdrawal reactions, sometimes including life-threatening emotional and physical withdrawal problems. In short, it is not only dangerous to start taking psychiatric drugs, it can also be dangerous to stop them. Withdrawal from psychiatric drugs should be done carefully under experienced clinical supervision. Methods for safely withdrawing from psychiatric drugs are discussed in Dr. Breggin's new book, Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal: A Guide for Prescribers, Therapists, Patients, and Their Families.